Rail News

LNER, the British Transport Police (BTP) History Group, ‘Raids Over York’ heritage project, and Normandy veteran Ken Cooke have joined together to commemorate the life of Robert Smith, an LNER railway police constable who served at York Railway Station...

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has signed a new long-term maintenance contract with CrossCountry to continue maintaining the long-distance operator’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham. The contract, which started this month, secures jobs in the region through...

East London and South Essex rail firm Trenitalia c2c Ltd (c2c) is celebrating a major operational milestone as its fleet of 357 Electrostar trains clock up 150 million service miles. C2c's fleet of 357 ‘Electrostar’ trains have recently completed an...

Passengers travelling between Wigan North Western and Preston stations on the West Coast Main Line are being advised to check before they travel because of damaged overhead power lines. Network Rail engineers are working as fast as they can to...

Arriva Rail London (ARL) has announced the appointment of Anjuli Ramburuth as the company’s finance director with immediate effect. Anjuli takes over the role from Steve Best, who became managing director in January 2024. Anjuli joins ARL from Arriva UK...

Don Coffey, a train driver from TransPennine Express (TPE) based at Manchester Piccadilly and owner of 'The Best Cab Ride Channel’ on YouTube, unveiled a plaque at Chapel-le-Frith Station on Friday 26 April to commemorate his charity work with...

In a major development for the UK rail supply chain, William Cook Rail Ltd has announced the acquisition of Crowle Wharf Engineers Ltd (CWE). Based in Leeds, William Cook Rail, is an international market leader in the design, manufacture...

Today the first locomotive in Britain’s principal freight fleet (Class 66s) to be fitted with digital signalling equipment is moving on to dynamic testing on a test track, having successfully progressed through static testing.  DB Cargo locomotive 66039 is the...

More than 800 projects* will take place across Britain’s railway this coming early and late May bank holidays, designed to keep the vast majority of the network open for travel as usual. Unlike the Easter bank holiday, only one day...

From Saturday 4 to Monday 6 May customers are being reminded to check before travelling as buses replace trains across part of Network Rail’s Wessex route. Over the bank holiday weekend Network Rail’s engineers will be removing life-expired track and...